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London, Oct 5: Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has questioned his team’s will to win after their shock 0-3 thrashing in an English Premier league (EPL) clash at the hands of Arsenal. Arsenal left United shell shocked by scoring thrice in a 19-minute blitzkrieg in the early stages of the game at the Emirates Stadium here on Sunday which left van Gaal disgusted by the lack of aggression

Chennai, Oct 4: Portuguese striker Helder Postiga scored twice as defending champions Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) started their campaign on a winning note beating Chennaiyin FC 3-2 in an exciting lung opener of the cash-rich Hero Indian Super League (ISL), here tomorrow. The former Portugal frontman and Cristiano Ronaldo's one-time teammate Postiga showed his predatory skills with two opportunistic

Wuhan, Oct 3: Ace Indian tennis star Sania Mirza continued her superb run with Swiss partner Martina Hingis as the duo clinched its seventh title together by winning the Wuhan Open women's doubles trophy here today. The top-seeded pair eased past the Romanian team of Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu 6-2, 6-3 in the title clash. "Title number 7 #SanTina @mhingis #WuhanOpen," the Indian star

Wuhan, Oct 3: The Indo-Swiss duo of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis reached the final of Wuhan Open tennis tournament here today and is eyeing their seventh title together. The top seeds brushed aside the challenge of No.4 seeded Chinese Taipean duo of Hao-Ching Chan and Yung-Jan Chan 6-2 6-1 in just 53 minutes. They won 53 of the 88 total points and converted five of the 10 break points received

Manchester, Oct 1: Manager Louis van Gaal has said Manchester United have a "realistic" chance of winning the Champions League and the Premier League by the time his contract expires in 2017. Van Gaal has won league titles with every club he has managed and also lifted the Champions League with Dutch club Ajax in 1995 and finished runner-up with Bayern Munich in 2010. "It is realistic to expect us

New Delhi, Sep 30: Ace Indian boxer Mary Kom has finally decided to hang up her boots post the Rio Olympics 2016. According to a media report, the 32-year-old boxer said it was the right time to quit boxing although winning a gold medal at Olympics remains her dream. "I have achieved so much (in boxing) with God's grace. But my hunger for an Olympic gold medal remains. However, I have made up my

Paris, Sep 30: Arsenal and Chelsea had a Champion League night to forget on Tuesday as a Robert Lewandowski hat-trick helped Bayern Munich crush Dinamo Zagreb. Champions Barcelona, missing injured icon Lionel Messi, followed up their opening Group E draw at Roma with a stirring come-from-behind 2-1 win at Bayer Leverkusen. The Germans appeared to have the three points in the bag after Kyriakos

Mumbai, Sep 29: Ishfaq Ahmed's role at Kerala Blasters will not be limited only to the playing but it is going to double up this season of the Indian Super League (ISL) as he is the assistant coach to Peter Taylor. Kerala Blasters finished runners-up last time around and Ishfaq believes they have every chance of lifting the trophy this time around after being unlucky in the finals against Atletico

New Delhi, Sep 28: Beijing Olympics champion Abhinav Bindra clinched the gold, while London Games bronze medallist Gagan Narang failed to finish on the podium, in the men’s 10m Air Rifle event of the Asian Air Gun Championships here today. The 32-year-old Bindra, who won gold in 2008 Olympics in 10m Air Rifle event, shot 208.3 to bag the top prize ahead of Kazakhstan’s world number eight Yurkov

Adelaide, Sep 27: India’s most successful cueist Pankaj Advani added another feather to his cap by winning the IBSF World Billiards Championship, by outplaying his opponent in the final to take his world title count to 14. Advani, 30, left the spectators spellbound with his prolific play and indisputable mastery over the 3-ball game, demolishing Singapore’s Peter Gilchrist by 1168 points. On